I don’t think this forum has that impact you may think with Bitcoin. Most of the forum members knows exactly what Bitcoin is, and we all know the exact aim of this forum which you have said as a forum where Bitcoin lovers come together to discuss Bitcoin and crypto but we all know that with or without this forum, Bitcoin will be there, therefore, I don’t think know this forum shutdown as you are saying will have effect to some of the investors here. There is no room for such panic and I am sure we will find another means to keep sharing the good news about Bitcoin.
It’s a straight up answer the forum has actually lived it means which was to help propagate a bitcoin adoption, in the early stages of bitcoin when it wasn’t discussed everywhere this question would have had different opinions but right now with the current adoption rate and how bitcoin has come, the shutdown of this forum or any other platform wouldn’t have any impact on bitcoin. The forum shares information about bitcoin although it is the easiest play that newbies can get quality information from but there are other places too where bitcoin information can be gotten, from forums to even social medias, just that informations aren’t filtered as much as here.
Satoshi has been off for years now and still bitcoin is moving smooth, this is how decentralized it is